Expansion cards, Ipi. installation – Asus P/I-P6RP4 User Manual

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IPI. INSTALLATION

4. Expansion Cards

Pirst read youi' ei(pans]on card dociiffleniiiMoii cm atiy liardware and soft-
wire settings that ma> be required.

NOTL: I'd I slot d has an e^tonsion for a Medianus card (opti-orel mulli-
foncfion card)ltiai cflr only allcnv the instflllatioii ofa PCI card ora MediaBinr

card but not both.

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Itcad docuTneiitjiEion for your espansion card.
Set any necessary jinn pets on your eKjiaiiaiijn caid.
Unscrew your computer's Case,

ftoscrew the slot-cover for the slot wu want to use,

CatefutJy aligji the card's connectors and press firmly.
Screw the card's mounting bracket to the case,
tltose the case.

Setup (tic computer's BIOS if necessary,

Install necessary software

drivtirE

for your expansion card

Assigning ERQii for Expan.xton Cards

Some fïKpansion cards need to use an IRQ to operate. Generally an IRQ

must he exclusively assigned to one use. Irt an standard design there are 1$

IRQs available but some of them are already in use by parts of the sysictn

such as the keyboard or mouse. Expansion cards (ha( rtced to use an [RQ
then draw from the unused group of System iRQs.

Both rSA atid PCI expEinston cards may need to use IRQs. Syatera IRQs ate

svaiJablc to cards installed in Ihe ISAcxparsiori bus first, and any rtonainin^

IRQs Etre ihen used by PCI cards. Cumrntiy. there are iwo types of ISA

cards. The original ISA expaoEior card design, now referred to as "Legacy"
I SA cards, m(\ u i res th at you con figure the card's j umpers marua I ly and then
install it in any available slot or the ISA bus, You may use Microsoft’s

Oiagnostic (MSD.EXE) utility included in [he Witidows dinecTory

see a

map of yunr used and free IRQs, Make sure that no two devices use the
same IRQs or your computer will experience problems wheir ihosc two du-
VCÜCS are in use at the samt lime.

To ùmplilÿ this process our motherboards have complied with the Plug and

Play fPNPi sfKcincation which was developed to allow automatic system
eunfiguration whenever ,i PNP-cornpliant card is added to the

systcin

For

PNP cards, JRQs arc assigned autornaticaJly froiti those avail^b]^

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